Automobile Use
The smallest production straight-five was found on the 1981 Audi 100, with 1921 cc of displacement. Audi used straight-five engines in many of their cars between 1977 and the early 1990s, and started using them again in the 2000s along with VW. Mercedes used five-cylinder configuration for their diesels in the 1970s all the way to the 2000s. The GM Atlas L5R 3700 is the largest at 3,654 cc. Currently Volvo Cars uses the straight five-cylinder engine as their mainstay engine in every vehicle in the lineup. All of the inline five engines used by Volvo and Ford are built at the Volvo Skövde engine plant in Skövde, Sweden.
The Audi S-5, 2226 cc, 4v/cyl, was also used on the Italdesign Aztec. It could produce 200 bhp (149 kW; 203 PS) at 6,200 rpm.
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